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Release date ≈ Q4 2020.

Average Bench: 248% (57th of 1071)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: SANDISK_HERMES-NVME.FW
Poor: 151%Average: 248% Great: 312%

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Outstanding average bench

The SANDISK_HERMES-NVME.FW 2TB averaged 147.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the SANDISK_HERMES-NVME.FW 2TB near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K-64Thread Mixed IO Speed 987MB/s
Avg. Sequential Write Speed 1,978MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 39.2MB/s
Avg. 4K Random Mixed IO Speed 61.2MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 57248%
Min Avg Max
957 Read 1,726 1,955
830 Write 1,978 2332
832 Mixed 1,560 1,758
716 SusWrite 1,135 1,588
360% 1,600 MB/s
Min Avg Max
31 4K Read 39.2 43.8
97.9 4K Write 157 216
45.8 4K Mixed 61.2 68.1
221% 85.7 MB/s
Min Avg Max
579 DQ Read 1,046 1,442
348 DQ Write 827 1,230
666 DQ Mixed 987 1,305
725% 953 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: RWD28H1P Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 858 873 872 785 457 449 MB/s
151% Outstanding
Read 957
Write 830
Mixed 832
SusWrite 716
188% 834 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 97.9
4K Mixed 45.8
158% 58.2 MB/s
DQ Read 579
DQ Write 348
DQ Mixed 666
442% 531 MB/s
2TB free
Firmware: BO017M2V Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 216 216 214 216 214 MB/s
112% Outstanding
Read 555
Write 216
Mixed 311
SusWrite 215
72% 324 MB/s
4K Read 40.9
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 60.8
213% 80.1 MB/s
DQ Read 252
DQ Write 209
DQ Mixed 279
196% 247 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,749,489 SSDs tested

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Typical SANDISK_HERMES-NVME.FW 2TB Builds (Compare 6,833 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
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Gaming 128%
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Desktop
Desktop 92%
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Workstation
Workstation 130%
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Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS - $192

CPU
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD  $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples1,305x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD  $144Bench 96%, 383,420 samples872x
Ryzen 7 5800XAMD  $202Bench 98%, 128,080 samples834x
GPU
RTX 3070Nvidia  $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples570x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $600Bench 187%, 424,051 samples515x
RTX 2070S (Super)Nvidia  $210Bench 115%, 663,603 samples403x
SSD
SANDISK_HERMES-NVME.FW 2TBBench 248%, 5 samples1x
RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples242x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair  $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples141x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples141x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $837

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